If there really is a Chinese curse “may you live in interesting times,” then we truly live under sino-obloquy. Love ’em or hate ’em, the times are [...]
Most moms and pops strive to place their kiddos on a team of some sort. Those who focus on the kids’ abilities rather than trying to relive their own glory [...]
America used to have an extraordinary level of excellence—not just in depth, but in breadth. It just wasn’t hard to find people who were very good at what [...]
While a Cobra gunship pilot in a combat aviation brigade in 1987—stationed near Frankfurt, Germany, and with logistics planning responsibility for wartime [...]
In the movie The Avengers there’s a scene in which the Hulk is fighting the trickster god Loki of Norse mythology fame. Loki takes exception to being [...]
When Adam Smith penned his seminal work An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, he discussed the concept of the “unseen hand” at [...]
The term fixer has come on hard times due to its Hollywood-promoted connotation as a person who cleans up criminal messes of one sort or another. For this [...]
It’s not a simple word to say, and it’s used primarily in fairly informed conversation, but caricature is a massive part of modern life. Dictionary.com [...]
One of the characteristics of our modern age is an explosion in the prevalence of stealing. Theft has always been with us, of course. It’s the amount of it [...]
In the same way that denial is not just a river in Egypt, “truth or consequences” is not just a city in New Mexico. Truth is a real thing, and much of the [...]
Even among those who do not share his spiritual beliefs, King Solomon has long been the object of great admiration. He was a national leader who built one of [...]
Emotion might not be exclusive to humanity, but it finds its richest playground there. Animals can be affected by emotions; humans can be totally controlled by [...]
